First off, my husband loves this! I bought it for him for Christmas and has been flying it non-stop. It has colorful running lights and a headlight so you can even fly it in the dark and still see where it is going. It is also very durable - (my husband has another Apache helicopter and every time that one crash lands he ends up online buying new parts from the manufacturer) but in my opinion, THIS ONE IS VIRTUALLY CRASH PROOF! He has banged this one into walls, ceilings, t.v.s, and tables while getting used to the controlls and nothing has broken - not the helicopter and not our stuff. The only negatives seem to be that the battery is permanently fixed in the body so you can't buy a spare and charge it while running the toy so the play time is limited and also when the battery gets low the 'copter gets sluggish really quickly - the rotors will spin but liftoff never occurs at that point. Overall I would say a good value for the money and a lot of fun for kids and adults!